Winston & Strawn LLP > Paris, France > Firm Profile

‘Very attentive to estimating customer needs at all stages of the process.’

‘A relevant mix of knowledge of law, field practice and great creativity to bring new models to the surface.’

‘The Winston team has in-depth expertise in legal vendor due diligence, and in-depth knowledge of the aesthetic medicine sector. Their lawyers are very qualified and experienced in this type of operations. Their approach is both pragmatic and creative, finding tailor-made solutions.’

‘The team is of exceptional quality. Their expertise shines though in finding solutions to address all the issues. All demonstrated exemplary rigor and professionalism in conducting due diligence.’

‘Unique expertise in the health sector, strong links with all stakeholders, true insider partner. The team issues confident recommendations to navigate the regulations and proactively covers all possibilities.’

‘Gilles Bigot has unique expertise and participates in all discussions.’

‘Good responsiveness, skills and advice highlighting risk factors and opportunities. Innovative solutions.’

‘Deep knowledge and genuine care for clients. They don’t just offer standard solutions but think creatively and outside the box. Their relentless pursuit of results, combined with a strong ethical grounding, ensures clients’ legal concerns are handled expertly. Annie Maudouit-Ridde shows incredible skills in navigating complex legal landscapes, always ensuring clients’ needs are met with precision and timely responses. Their consistent communication and willingness to go the extra mile is especially valuable.’

‘Annie Maudouit-Ridde is very precise and summarizes key subjects perfectly.’

‘Annie Maudouit-Ridde is an outstanding lawyer. She is business savvy, commercial and understands what needs to be done for clients. From a technical point of view, she is highly skilled, but also approachable and great to work with.’

‘Particularly efficient and constructive team. Capable of delivering very high quality documents in record time.’

‘Friendly and customer-oriented team’.

‘Excellent team.’

‘Annie Maudouit-Ridde is a very talented lawyer, with whom it is easy to collaborate. She will seek innovative solutions with the aim of facilitating the completion of her clients’ operations. She has a perfect command of the regulations and knows how to make herself heard by the French securities regulator.’

‘Extremely available and dedicated team. ’

‘High availability, reliability, situation intelligence’

‘Ariane Berthoud: rigor, availability and knowledge of financing issues.’

‘High quality of work provided.’

‘Mathilde Lefranc-Barthe shows great competence.’

‘Nice team.’

‘Sophie Dechaumet is a key player in social law, she highlights her team and gives them the means to succeed.’

‘The team led by Virgile Puyau stands out for its modern and pragmatic approach to the subject. Their high-quality work takes into account the operational needs and constraints of their clients. The team demonstrates great availability and responsiveness, particularly in the event of an emergency, while providing sound legal advice.’

‘Virgile Puyau clearly stands out for his understanding of operational but also strategic issues.’

‘Joël Fernandez, also stands out for his responsiveness and his ability to propose solutions adapted to our specific needs. He demonstrates great professional qualities: accessible and thoughtful. ’

‘Sophie Dechaumet: Responsive. She has a reassuring attitude and is very professional. She is a winner.’

‘The team is very professional and people are immediately available and attentive. There is a diversity of complementary skills within Winston. I particularly appreciate the mix of professionalism and proximity to the client, we feel supported and the teams are very concerned about the issues.’

‘Virgile Puyau has a perfect mastery of business knowledge and combines remarkable strategic experience in negotiations, he is always at the right level and maneuvers skillfully to achieve the objective.’

‘Grine Lahreche stands out for his commitment to his clients, availability and ability to adapt to customer needs and innovate to meet them. He is also an excellent negotiator. Audrey Szultz – rigour, ability to deliver – very high quality service.’

‘Expertise, availability, quality of advice and support.’

‘The entire team I dealt with was excellent in their area of ​​expertise, monitoring and coordination: Grine Lahreche, Audrey Szultz, Thomas Pulcini.’

‘Proximity with customers, responsiveness, quality of relationship. Situational intelligence, market knowledge. Ability to find creative solutions and compromises.’

‘The team stood out for its technicality and professionalism. In particular, the team showed great availability throughout a difficult process.’

‘Grine Lahreche led the project with great professionalism. He showed a particularly keen understanding of the issues and forces involved. With great finesse, he knew how to defend the interests of our clients from start to finish.’

‘Very detailed knowledge of the French private equity market and great mastery of files.’

‘Professionalism and availability. Very good knowledge of the health sector.’

‘A high-performing team.’

‘Jérôme Herbet is very responsive, a very good M&A specialist, and provided support on transactions of relatively high complexity.’

‘High speed of execution. Systematic compliance with deadlines. High quality of deliverables. Precise recommendations. Always relevant advice to the issues linked to the asset management sector. ’

‘Pragmatic. Deal-makers. Respect for confidentiality. Reassuring in complex situations.’